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VOTE 2013: OPPOSITION DISMISSES BALLOT RECOUNT AT ONE POLLING STATION REAFFIRMING SARGSYAN WIN
VOTE 2013 | 04.04.13 | 15:28
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By GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
The opposition Heritage Party has rejected as "absurd" the outcome of
the recount of ballots conducted at one polling station that reaffirmed
the tally of President Serzh Sargsyan, while reducing the number of
votes gained by his top challenger Raffi Hovannisian.
As part of an examination ordered by the Constitutional Court the
Special Investigation Service on Tuesday publicly opened the ballot
box from polling station 17/05 (in the Ararat province) at the
Prosecutor-General's Office.
The recount showed Sargsyan holding all but one of his stated votes -
828 out of 829 (losing one to inaccuracy), while the number of ballots
actually cast for Hovannisian shrank from 432 to 421 (with at least
five of them marked for Sargsyan).
The unsealing of the bag with the ballots followed allegations of
ballot box stuffing at this particular polling station made by an
observer.
"Only investigative bodies in the Republic of Armenia could have made
up such a delirious thing," Heritage party spokesman Hovsep Khurshudyan
told ArmeniaNow today, commenting on the outcome of the recount.
Khurshudyan reminded that the matter concerned the polling station
where an observer witnessed a group of men breaking into its premises,
using violence to prevent her from recording the incident on camera
and stuffing the ballot box with hundreds of marked ballots.
On Wednesday, the Heritage party issued a statement condemning
the law-enforcement bodies for "covering up electoral fraud" and
"protecting the criminals".
"As expected, Serzh Sargsyan's promises that the government will be
committed to investigating violations in the February 18 elections
and punishing those who committed electoral fraud have proved to be
just part of another show," the Heritage statement said.
During last month's proceedings at the Constitutional Court that upheld
Sargsyan's reelection the opposition insisted that the February 18
ballot was heavily rigged in favor of Sargsyan and demanded that all
ballot boxes from 1,988 polling stations be unsealed.
VOTE 2013 | 04.04.13 | 15:28
Photolure
By GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
The opposition Heritage Party has rejected as "absurd" the outcome of
the recount of ballots conducted at one polling station that reaffirmed
the tally of President Serzh Sargsyan, while reducing the number of
votes gained by his top challenger Raffi Hovannisian.
As part of an examination ordered by the Constitutional Court the
Special Investigation Service on Tuesday publicly opened the ballot
box from polling station 17/05 (in the Ararat province) at the
Prosecutor-General's Office.
The recount showed Sargsyan holding all but one of his stated votes -
828 out of 829 (losing one to inaccuracy), while the number of ballots
actually cast for Hovannisian shrank from 432 to 421 (with at least
five of them marked for Sargsyan).
The unsealing of the bag with the ballots followed allegations of
ballot box stuffing at this particular polling station made by an
observer.
"Only investigative bodies in the Republic of Armenia could have made
up such a delirious thing," Heritage party spokesman Hovsep Khurshudyan
told ArmeniaNow today, commenting on the outcome of the recount.
Khurshudyan reminded that the matter concerned the polling station
where an observer witnessed a group of men breaking into its premises,
using violence to prevent her from recording the incident on camera
and stuffing the ballot box with hundreds of marked ballots.
On Wednesday, the Heritage party issued a statement condemning
the law-enforcement bodies for "covering up electoral fraud" and
"protecting the criminals".
"As expected, Serzh Sargsyan's promises that the government will be
committed to investigating violations in the February 18 elections
and punishing those who committed electoral fraud have proved to be
just part of another show," the Heritage statement said.
During last month's proceedings at the Constitutional Court that upheld
Sargsyan's reelection the opposition insisted that the February 18
ballot was heavily rigged in favor of Sargsyan and demanded that all
ballot boxes from 1,988 polling stations be unsealed.